A little #class similarity observation #thread:
I'm a very #leftist kinda lawyer in a very *rightist* kinda region.
In meeting with clients over the years, I note that they often like to talk about politics. I'm not entirely sure why. Some, perhaps do so to "feel out" whether I'm their type of attorney. Some maybe think lawyers have some deeper political insight due to their connection to the law. I don't know. I just know it happens with great regularity.
And being a leftist in an extremely rightist world, you can imagine my discomfort.
Fortunately, I've found a strategy that seems to allow me to bond with clients no matter how rightwhackadoodle they seem. Are you ready for it?
#uspol #conservative #liberal #elite #NoWarButClassWar #socialism
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I talk to them about #billionaires. I tell them I think the problem in this country comes from billionaires shipping our industrial base to slave labor countries so they could dodge taxes.
I talk about how there is no difference between democrats and republicans because, at the end of the day, they are all #IvyLeague back-slapping buddies.
I talk about #monopolies. I talk about #CronyCapitalism. And some times, I'll even go so far as to talk about to people about what #BernieSanders was trying to do.
And you know what?
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@LeftistLawyer Everyone reading this thread can do this. I'm not a lawyer, but I am a small business owner, and I do much the same thing. If they think you are one of them, (or at least don't suspect you of being not one of them) it's much easier to evoke reflection. Facts and logic only provoke the Backfire Effect in them, so if we want to get them to a more rational place, we need to adjust our strategies.
@LeftistLawyer There is a difference between a Leftist brain and a Rightest brain. They see things differently and respond to things differently. But some people are trying to use every trick they can think of to make that divide wider and wider. It's a complicated issue, and there is much to say, but my feeling is that unless we can start to change some minds, their side will keep growing and ours will keep shrinking.
With all the election doubt and gerrymandering and other dirty tricks, we will certainly need to win at least some of them over or our numbers may not be enough..
Sun Zi said "treat them well, and you can add their chariots to your own."
@ambulocetus I think we've become so socially conditioned to thinking we're different alien species that we forget commonality does exist. We little folk hurt in a lot of the same ways. Identifying the source in common is huge.